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Oak Park Census Data

The following tabulation contains data from the U.S. census for 2010 for census tracts 74.03, 74.05, and 74.06 in Ventura County, California.

Item	Tract 74.03	Tract 74.05	Tract 74.06	Total
Population	5,585	6,304	2,377	14,266
Median age	41.8	42.0	41.5	~41.8
Children (age less than 18)	26%	26%	27%	26%
Seniors (age 65 or greater)	9%	9%	6%	9%
Average household size	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.7
Racial and ethnic minorities	18%	16%	17%	17%
Employment and Economics
Owner-occupied homes	75%	76%	72%	75%

The above table will be expanded as the Census Bureau releases more data.

Since the 2000 census, the following changes are noted:

Despite the completion of the Chambord tract, the population of Oak Park increased by only 41 persons. This is reflected in the decrease in the average household size from over 2.8 in 2000 to slightly less than 2.7 in 2010.
Oak Park is aging. The median age of Oak Park residents increased by more than 5 years, from 36.3 in 2000 to 41.8 in 2010. Senior citizens — those 65 or older — almost doubled from 5% of the population to 9%. In the meantime, children under the age of 18 decreased from 33% to 26% of the population.
As racial and ethnic minorities in southern California became more affluent, many moved into Oak Park, significantly increasing their proportion of our population from 12% in 2000 to 17% in 2010.
Owner-occupied housing decreased from 78% of all homes in 2000 to 75% in 2010. Since all apartment housing was completely developed by the 2000 census, this means an increase in single-family homes and townhomes becoming rental properties.

25 July 2011